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boxd runs persistent, hardware-isolated Linux machines that boot in milliseconds, fork and snapshot, and hibernate when idle. The following table shows what CostGraph runs on this provider.

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Connect

Run the dispatcher with provider set to boxd and these variables:
  • BOXD_API_KEY

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Key and permissions

BOXD_API_KEY is a boxd API key (prefix bxd_) minted with boxd auth keys create <name> after browser login; optional --expires-in-secs", "--org", and "--kind org (userless service key, org admin only). Keys have no permission scopes: every key is fenced to one organization. The default --kind member key acts as its creator within that org (full access to what the user can do there); --kind org is limited to the org’s shared machines. A member key is sufficient. Sources: docs.boxd.sh: authentication, docs.boxd.sh: resources, docs.boxd.sh: suspend resume, docs.boxd.sh: regions.

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Limits

  • Auto-hibernate on by default after 4 hours without TCP/UDP traffic in either direction; auto-suspend (standby) is off by default. Both are tunable or can be disabled per machine. (source)
  • Sizes 1/2/4/8 vCPU with 4/8/16/32 GiB (default 2 vCPU / 8 GiB), 100 GB fixed disk; quota max 8 vCPU / 32 GiB per machine unless raised. (source)
  • 50 machines per organization per region (hibernated and stopped count); 2 machines without a payment method. (source)
  • Regions: Frankfurt (fra) and New York (nyc). (source)